How to Retain Values in One Row and Remove The Duplicates in Other Rows

[ivanc0910]

I have data looks like this:

1	s-lights	casuals	bungee-shoes	casuals	hook-and-loop-shoes	casuals	light-up-shoes	sneakers	bungee-shoes	sneakers	hook-and-loop-shoes
2	usa-casuals	casuals	comfort-shoes	dress-casuals	loafers	dress-casuals	slip-on-shoes
3	s-lights	casuals	lace-up-shoes	casuals	light-up-shoes	sneakers	lace-up-shoes

For each row, I would like to compare the data across columns. If there are duplicates in later columns, I would like to keep the first value and then remove other duplicates in the later columns. The highlighted values mean there are duplicates in each row but different columns. The yellow highlighted values are the ones to keep, and the red highlighted values are the ones to remove.

The expected result should look like:

1	s-lights	casuals	bungee-shoes		hook-and-loop-shoes		light-up-shoes	sneakers
2	usa-casuals	casuals	comfort-shoes	dress-casuals	loafers		slip-on-shoes
3	s-lights	casuals	lace-up-shoes		light-up-shoes	sneakers

I really appreciate if someone can show me how to do this type of cleanup in Alteryx!

[acastelazo · Accepted solution]

Are you trying to retain the column order and the blank fields? I think a transpose, unique, and a crosstab tool should do the trick.

[ivanc0910]

Hi @acastelazo preferably retain the column order, and I can lose the blank fields. I think it would work for me even if the column order is different.

[ivanc0910]

Thank you for your guidance! This solution works :)